A. components B. causes C. targets
D. relatives Question 6: Why does the author mention cosmic rays?
A. To explain the abundance of hydrogen in the universe B. As an example of an unsolved astronomical puzzle
C. As part of a list of things containing helium D. To explain how the universe began
Question 7: The word they refers to _____ A. radiation B. cosmic rays C. particles
D. constituents Question 8: The word vary is closest in meaning to
A. stretch B. include C. mean D. change
Question 9: The creation of helium within stars ______ A. produces energy
C. cannot be measured B. causes helium to be much more abundant in old stars than in young stars D.
produces hydrogen as a by-product
Question 10: Most of the helium in the universe was formed ______ A. during the first minute of the universes existence C. in a very short time
B. in interstellar space D. before most of
the hydrogen
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the
following questions. Question 11: A. accurate
B. date C. tale D. shape
Question 12: A. sounds B. obstacles C. situations
D. secrets Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions. Question 13: A. succeed
B. anxious C. well-
done D. reduce Question 14: A. studious
B. century C.
similar D. semester
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.
A little more than a hundred years ago, a number of European scholars began to record stories being told in peasant cottages and compile them into the first great
collection of European folk tales. Written evidence exists to prove that the folk tales they recorded existed long before then thought. Collections of sermons from the 12
th
to the 15
th
century show that medieval preachers knew of some of the same stories as those recorded by the 19
th
century folklorists. The collections of folk tales made in the late 19
th
and early 20
th
centuries provide a rare opportunity to make contact with the illiterate masses who have disappeared into the
pass without leaving a trace. To reject folk tales as historical evidence because they cannot be dated and situation with precision centuries. But to attempt to penetrate that world is to
face a daunting set of obstacles, the greatest of which is the impossibility of listening in on the story tellers. No matter how accurate they may be the versions of the tales recorded in
writing cannot convey the effects that the storytellers must have used to bring the stories to life: the dramatic pauses, the sly glances, the use of gestures to set scenes, and the use
of sounds punctuate action. All of those devices shaped the meaning of the tales, and all of
them elude the historian. He cannot be sure that the limp and lifeless text he holds between the covers of a book provides an accurate account of the performance that took
place in earlier times.
Question 15: The author believes that written versions of folk tales_________ A. should be rejected as historical evidence.
B. show how illiterate the masses were before the 19
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